We are pleased to share the call for papers from the international conference “Big Tech as an Actor of Global Security and Geopolitical Conflicts”, organized by the Center for Interdisciplinary Media Research and Analysis (CARISM, University Paris-Panthéon-Assas) and the Centre Internet et Société (CNRS), with the Strategic Research Institute of the Ecole Militaire(IRSEM) as a scientific partner. The conference will be held in English on May 2 and 3, 2024 at the Centre Panthéon in Paris.

This conference aims to foster a reflection on the roles of large digital companies in matters of international security. Their services having become arenas of controversy, these firms are the subject of conflicts between powers and are even, in several cases, security actors, on their own initiative or in conjunction with public authorities.

In order to bring together the various relevant approaches on this subject, communication proposals may fall within international relations, political science, information and communication sciences, security studies, science and technology studies (STS), and political economy.

The full text of the call is available here